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Cruz Miguel Bustamante (born January 4, 1953) is an American politician. He previously served as the 45th Lieutenant Governor of California from 1999 to 2007, serving under governors Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Cruz M. Bustamante is a Democrat who became the first Latino to hold a statewide office in California in over 100 years when he was elected lieutenant governor in 1998. Prior to that position, Bustamante served as a California assemblyman and he was the first Latino speaker of the state assembly.
Aug 30, 2003 · When Bustamante was 17, his father, also named Cruz, ran for the Fresno County Board of Supervisors. He campaigned as “Buzz,” a nickname he hoped would make him the man-on-the-street candidate.
- alan.zarembo@latimes.com
- Foreign And National Editor
Apr 26, 2021 · Three years later, Bustamante — who was still lieutenant governor — ran for state insurance commissioner, losing to a novice Republican, Steve Poizner. That made him the last incumbent Democrat to lose a statewide election.
- Scott Shafer
- KQED Contributor
Aug 15, 2024 · Cruz Miguel Bustamante (born January 4, 1953) is an American politician. He previously served as the 45th Lieutenant Governor of California from 1999 to 2007, serving under governors Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Aug 17, 2003 · On the ceremonial circuit, Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante often spices his remarks with a joke, always the same joke. Of the 44 lieutenant governors before him, he says, two went to prison and one...
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Aug 22, 2003 · Aug. 22, 2003. Lt. Gov. Cruz M. Bustamante, the only Democratic officeholder running in the California recall election as an alternative to the Democratic governor, Gray Davis, has a knack for...
